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According to KTVU--who interrupted Tyra, where some college girl was just about to freak out about a sex tape that ruined her life!--there has been a six-car pileup on the Golden Gate Bridge. It seems three lanes of traffic are blocked in the northbound direction. A Sig-alert has just been issued.
Traffic, of course, is backed up.
If you use the GG Bridge to get home, plan accordingly.
Update (4:26 p.m.): The Golden Gate Bridge has... re-opened. Completely. In both directions.
Update (3:54 p.m.): The entire bridge has been shut down, says Frank Sommerville. Also, someone is trapped inside one of the heavily damaged cars. Head-on collision is Sommerville guess. Yikes.
Oh, and if you need to head home tonight, folks, take the Bay Bridge, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, or hop on the ferry.
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Thank Lloyd Sigmon for the term Sig Alert, which has an unexpected origin, I learned by watching Ken Bastida on CBS5 News segment "Good Question" several weeks ago....
And although LA thinks they have the lease-to-buy on the term, we all know that it now covers way more than the El Lay basin...
Q: What are Sig-Alerts?
A: "Sig-Alerts" are unique to Southern California. They came about in the 1940s when the L.A.P.D. got in the habit of alerting a local radio reporter, Loyd Sigmon, of bad car wrecks on city streets. These notifications became known as "Sig-Alerts." Later Mr. Sigmon developed an electronic device that authorities could use to alert the media of disasters. Caltrans latched on to the term "Sig-Alert" and it has come to be known as any traffic incident that will tie up two or more lanes of a freeway for two or more hours.
How many times have I told you kids, NO PLAYING CHICKEN IN THE SUICIDE LANES!!! I'm swimming home from Sausalito.
RicardoSF, thanks for the info. Seriously. Been wondering about that SigAlert - kept trying to think of acronyms for SIG. Super Incredible Gridlock?
You're welcome, Cindy.
It was news to me too, I'd always thought it referred to some 'sig'nal or sometning.
Who knew? Go figure...